Like Leslie Knope, our favorite female protagonist from Parks and Rec, I often wonder why anyone would ever eat anything other than breakfast food. While we will forever wish that there was a JJ’s right down the street from school, I’m sure these waffles would prove to be just as good.

1. Stuffed Puff Pastry Waffle

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This create-your-own recipe would really get Leslie goin’. Her favorite fillings: chopped up Sweetum’s candy bars, free speech, and just a pinch of love.

2. Tater Tot and Bacon Grilled Cheese Waffle

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In Leslie’s eyes, nothing is better than breakfast food. She’d eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if she could. This savory option lets her do just that, adding to her well rounded diet of anything besides salad and other disgusting things.

3. Falafel Waffles

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These waffles’ ambigous ethnic blend is a perfect representation of the American melting pot. Just like Ann Perkins.

4. Chicken and Waffle Cookies

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We all know a Leslie Knope party isn’t just any old party. With her favorite food now in cookie form, the party just got even more crazy.

4. Beer Batter Waffle with Carne Asada

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This one’s for you, Ron Swanson. What’s a waffle without some meat on it?

5. S’moreffles

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All of our emergency s’mores rations we keep in our cars will come in handy making these bad boys.

6. Cake Batter Waffles

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Next to waffles, birthday cake is literally one of Leslie’s favorite foods. Ben even said it himself, once she starts talking birthday cake, there’s no stopping her until she gets some.

7. Belgian Brownie Waffles

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Remember that time that Leslie supposedly ate a weed brownie in college, but it turned out that the brownie was just insanely good and had no weed at all? These are the waffle equivelant.

8. Red Velvet Waffles

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These delicious waffles are perfect for our yearly celebration of Galentine’s Day. What’s Galentine’s Day, you ask? I’ll leave it to Leslie to explain that one.

9. The Wownut

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Two words: deep fried. This donut-waffle hybrid probably wouldn’t help Pawnee’s obesity problem, but I’m sure Leslie would be a lot more okay with the issue if it was caused by these.

10. Sweet Potato Waffles

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Yeah, I know. Gross cause they’re healthy, right? I like to think of it as the perfect merger; two very different foods have found their place with one another, kind of like when Eagleton came crawling back to Pawnee.

11. Caramelized Coconut Banana French Toast

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Treat yo ‘self.